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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part J (Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry) of the Statement 

of Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (50 FR 25129–25130, dated 

June 17, 1985, as amended most 

recently at 71 FR 44297, dated August 

4, 2006) is amended to reflect the 

reorganization of the Division of Health 

Assessment and Consultation, Agency 

for Toxic Substances and Disease 

Registry. 

Section J–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Delete in its entirety the functional 

statements for the Division of Health 

Assessment and Consultation (JAAC), 

Office of the Director (JAA), Office of the 

Administrator (JA), and insert the 

following: 

Division of Health Assessment and 

Consultation (JAAC). (1) Conducts 

public health assessments, health 

consultations, and other related public 

health activities, to determine the health 

implications of releases or threatened 

releases of toxic substances into the 

environment; in particular, such 

activities are conducted for Superfund, 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), petition requests, and other 

sites or instances where communities 

have been or may have been exposed to 

toxic substances in the environment; (2) 

conducts and evaluates exposure 

pathways analyses and other exposure 

screening analyses to identify impacted 

communities, to include exposure 

investigations (biologic sampling, 

personal monitoring, etc.), exposuredose reconstruction, and related 

environmental assessments, as 

appropriate; (3) identifies appropriate 

interventions for impacted communities 

to prevent exposures and/or adverse 

health effects; (4) issues public health 

advisories when a release or threatened 

release of a toxic substances pose an 

imminent health hazard; (5) plans, 

prepares, and executes appropriate 

health communications and health 

educational strategies/activities/ 

programs for communities affected or 

potentially affected by toxic substances 

released into the environment; (6) 

manages the ATSDR-mandated program 

for conducting site-specific activities at 

petitioned sites; (7) manages and 

implements ATSDR’s Site-Specific 

Cooperative Agreement Program and the 

ATSDR tribal programs for external 

partners; (8) coordinates the agency’s 

environmental public health training 

program; and (9) provides technical 

support and resources for National 

public health emergencies and disaster 

response as appropriate. 

Office of the Director (JAAC1). (1) 

Provides overall leadership in directing, 

coordinating, evaluating, and managing 

all programmatic and administrative 

operations of the Division of Health 

Assessment and Consultation (DHAC); 

(2) develops programmatic goals and 

objectives and provides leadership, 

policy formation, and guidance in 

program planning and development; (3) 

provides program management, 

administrative, logistical support 

services for the division; (4) coordinates 

division activities with other 

components of ATSDR and other 

federal, state and local agencies and 

tribal governments; (5) initiates specific 

research and medical activities as 

appropriate to further DHAC’s mission 

and program needs; (6) provides overall 

leadership and management of DHAC 

resources for disaster response activities 

to public health emergencies; and (7) 

assesses the need and develops training 

for public health professionals 

conducting site-specific activities, and 

coordinates the delivery of these courses 

for the training of federal staff, tribal 

members, and state partners. 

Health Promotion and Community 

Involvement Branch (JAACB). (1) Plans, 

coordinates, implements, and evaluates 

ATSDR’s health promotion and 

community involvement site-specific 

programs; (2) communicates the 

agency’s roles, responsibilities, and 

public health information to public and 

professional audiences to mitigate 

health effects from potential and actual 

exposures to toxic substances; (3) 

monitors the progress of work plan 

activities, and reviews and evaluates the 

accuracy and clarity of community 

outreach and health education 

materials; (4) uses best practices and 

evidence-based approaches from 

community involvement and public 

health promotion; (5) develops and 

delivers environmental public health 

information for public and professional 

audiences including translating 

scientific documents into plain 

language; (6) advocates for the public 

health needs of communities affected by 

environmental hazards; links members 

of the public in communities affected by 

hazardous waste with technical and 

scientific staff and resources, where 

appropriate; (7) develops, manages, and 

evaluates the health education and 

promotion component of ATSDR’s statebased cooperative agreement program 

with external partners to ensure that the 

technical and administrative 

requirements of the program are met; (8) 

provides technical assistance and 

leadership on community involvement 

and environmental health promotion to 

ATSDR and ATSDR partners; (9) 

advocates for advances in 

environmental public health promotion 

to address community concerns and 

support community needs; and, (10) 

collaborates with other ATSDR program 

areas and partners to ensure cultural 

awareness and respect are observed and 

practiced in all activities that involve 

communities, tribes, tribal governments 

and tribal organizations. 

Exposure Investigations and Site 

Assessment Branch (JAACC). (1) 

Manages a wide range of public health 

assessment requests, including privatesector petitions and regional-lead 

activities, that are assigned based on 

branch staff expertise; (2) monitors the 

progress of work plan activities, and 

reviews and evaluates the scientific 

accuracy and clarity of public health 

assessments, health consultations, and 

related materials; (3) serves as the lead 

branch for planning, directing, 

coordinating, evaluating, conducting, 

and managing DHAC’s operations and 

activities for exposure investigations, 

exposure-dose reconstruction, and 

modeling; (4) serves as the lead branch 

for processing intake of regional 

requests for DHAC assistance; (5) 

coordinates within and across branch 

and divisional units to provide 

technical expertise for a wide-range of 

activities that support the division and 

agency’s public health mandates and 

priorities; (6) issues public health 

assessments, health consultations, 

public health advisories, and provides 

technical assistance; and, (7) develops 

programmatic goals and objectives, and 

contributes to policy formation and 

guidance in program planning and 

development. 

Site and Radiological Assessment 

Branch (JAACD). (1) Manages a wide 

range of public health assessment 

requests, including private-sector 

petitions and regional-lead activities, 

that are assigned based on branch staff 

expertise; (2) monitors the progress of 

work plan activities, and reviews and 

evaluates the scientific accuracy and 

clarity of public health assessments, 

health consultations, and related 

materials; (3) serves as the lead branch 

for planning, directing, coordinating, 

evaluating, conducting, and managing 

DHAC’s operations and activities at 

national priorities list sites, federal sites, 

and RCRA sites; (4) provides radiation 


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physics expertise for all division public 

health assessment activities, and serves 

as the division’s liaison to radiation 

disaster response teams; (5) coordinates 

within and across branch and divisional 

units to provide technical expertise for 

a wide-range of activities that support 

the division and agency’s public health 

mandates and priorities; (6) issues 

public health assessments, health 

consultations, public health advisories, 

and provides technical assistance; and 

(7) develops programmatic goals and 

objectives, and contributes to policy 

formation and guidance in program 

planning and development. 

Cooperative Agreement and Program 

Evaluation Branch (JAACE). (1) Plans, 

directs, coordinates, and manages 

ATSDR’s Site-Specific Cooperative 

Agreement Program; (2) collaborates 

with other program areas within ATSDR 

to develop annual plans of work with 

each of the cooperative agreement 

partners; (3) monitors the progress of 

work plan activities and reviews and 

evaluates the scientific accuracy and 

clarity of public health assessments, 

health consultations, and community 

outreach and health education 

materials; (4) evaluates the integration 

of health assessment, health education, 

health study, and community 

involvement activities, the performance 

of cooperative agreement partners, and 

the public health impact of partner 

conducted activities; (5) advises 

cooperative agreement partners on 

scientific and procedural developments 

in the area of environmental public 

health; (6) directs and coordinates the 

DHAC’s site-specific evaluation 

activities to identify the short-term and 

long-term benefit of site-specific public 

health assessment, community health 

education, and community involvement 

activities; (7) develops and refines 

performance measures for reporting 

DHAC’s products and intervention 

activities for Congressional Justification 

Reports and to meet OMB Performance 

Assessment and Rating Tool reporting 

requirements; (8) directs and 

coordinates the extraction of 

information from the division’s 

products and entry of this information 

into ATSDR’s HAZDAT; (9) conducts 

database queries to analyze and identify 

trends in site-related public health 

issues; and (10) develops programmatic 

goals and objectives and contributes to 

policy formation and guidance in 

program planning and development. 

The Chief Operating Officer, CDC, has 

been delegated the authority to sign 

general Federal Register notices for both 

the CDC and ATSDR. 

Dated: September 25, 2006. 

William H. Gimson, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. 06–8416 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–70–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–06–05BP] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Seleda Perryman, 

CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, 

Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Healthier Worksite Initiative—CDC 

Employee Needs Assessment—New—

Division of Nutrition and Physical 

Activity (DNPA), National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

In October 2002, in line with HHS 

initiatives, the CDC Director began a 

Healthier Worksite Initiative (HWI) for 

CDC, focusing on the four pillars of the 

President’s Healthier U.S. Workforce 

directive: Physical activity, healthy 

eating, preventive screening, and 

making healthy choices. The Division of 

Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) 

was designated to lead the initiative 

within CDC. Two entities were 

established to support the planning and 

evaluation of the Healthier Worksite 

Initiative, the Healthier Worksite 

Advisory Committee and the Healthier 

Worksite Workgroup. The Advisory 

Committee includes representatives 

from all interested Centers, Institutes, 

and Offices within CDC. The committee 

meets monthly to review progress and 

provide direction for the Healthier 

Worksite Initiative. The Healthier 

Worksite Workgroup develops 

innovative worksite health program 

ideas and tests them in demonstration 

projects. 

The purpose of the Healthier Worksite 

Initiative at CDC is to: (1) Develop and 

evaluate worksite health promotion 

interventions for CDC employees, 

culminating in a model worksite health 

promotion program; (2) establish an 

evidence base for worksite health 

promotion interventions; and (3) 

develop a web-based tool kit to share 

information learned with other Federal 

agencies, as they refine or develop their 

own employee health promotion 

programs. 

This request for OMB approval is to 

conduct a web-based CDC employee 

needs assessment that includes a 

baseline measurement of employee 

health practices. The employee needs 

assessment will be offered to permanent 

employees, contractors, fellows, and 

guest researchers, and will provide a 

foundation of information to determine 

the direction and requirements for 

building a successful worksite health 

promotion program. An additional 

outcome of the HWI project will be a 

Web site which will serve as a resource 

for government agencies and the general 

public for implementation of Healthier 

U.S. pillars in work settings. 

Tracking and evaluation of program 

effectiveness are standard health 

promotion tools. Monitoring methods 

that may be used in the future to assess 

and improve the effectiveness of the 

HWI program include: e-mail surveys, 

telephone surveys, telephone or inperson focus groups, web-based surveys, 

or intercept interviews, which aim at 

intercepting employees in their natural 

environment and deliver a short 

structured questionnaire on their habits, 

preferences, perceptions or behavior. 

There is no cost to the respondents 

other than their time to participate in 

the survey. 


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